The mayor of New York city stood up to speak at the funeral of one of the police officer's who had been murdered and thousands of police officers turned their backs to him...just as he'd done to them in publicly condemning them as a whole.
It was a silent protest that screamed out the anger and indignation of every good and honorable police officer who dons their uniform and steps out into a dangerous world every day. To have the leader of their city insult them publicly was almost like giving the criminals permission to kill on sight...and that's what happened.
I can't help but think what a powerful but civilized protest this was. The insult to Deblasio was perfectly clear as honorable men and women turned their backs on someone who wasn't worthy of their attention. All done without yelling, chanting, or gunfire. All done while a few morons nearby chanted that they wanted to kill more cops. All done without the decent cops at their comrade's funeral procession wiping that scum off the face of the earth. That's what a civilized protest is!
I hope so much that all this nastiness fades away and police officers are safer on the job than they are today. I hope no other man or woman who is only trying to keep us safe ends up losing their life to a low life piece of crap who is stupidly trying to make a name for himself. I hope the good guy wins in the end.
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